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Rand Hooper, a Hampden Sydney student, who drives an old-school toyota landcruiser complete with 5 or so NRA stickers, shot one of the renters of the house next to fanhouse at approximately 1:00 on the sidewalk in front of fanhouse. The resident ran next door to retreat hospital. Police were unable to search the residence without a warrant but did remove SEVERAL rifles from the car as well as a case of Natty Light. Classy. At one point one of the victim’s pot-smoking buddies, named Forest, who weighs all of about 65 pounds soaking wet ran through the crime scene tape shouting: “where’s my boy? where’s my boy?” and was handcuffed and later returned to munchkinland unharmed

This is awesome… I grew up in a very small town in SW Virginia. When I first arrived at HSC, I was struck by the sheer volume of extraordinarily privileged city boys who loved to pretend that they were born and bred rednecks. They clearly had not been around many rednecks up until that point because I assure you that they would have changed course had they known the folly of the redneck way. I have never met this guy, but I’m sure I could see him coming a mile away… Rather douchey.

The suspect, who is a frequent patron of the Fanhouse, accidentally shot the victim. There was no mal intent–but why this kid had a gun out… along with at least 5 others in the car (ak47 was one), over 2,000 rounds, and drugs– is beyond me. The victim was taken to Chimpenham bc it was a level 2 trauma. He is stable and undergoing surgery–he was shot in the arm.

truthteller’s comments come from one of two camps on the 2500 block of Floyd. 1 – Renter in the offending home that’s the scene of frequent house parties and ground zero for the shooting over the weekend. 2 – A homeowner and neighbor who just can’t seem to shut up and break from a long and well known tradition of back stabbing and sniping. If it’s 1, then I hope you feel comfortable in the spot light, because it’s on now bro. If it’s number 2, then it’s par for the course for the new regime on the block and a clear indication that if 2500 isn’t already the worst block in the Fan, it’s well on the way.

get facts before you call names. geno what is on bro? a dude got shot by some dumbass who thought it was cool to flaunt guns in public, and had no relation to any property on floyd other than frequenting fanhouse. i assure you no guns have ever been inside the victims house and he is not around them regularly if at all. how about we thank god that no one was injured more seriously, and treat him as a victim and not a criminal.

Facts would be helpful. First, the suspect happens to be a Senior at VCU, majoring in Homeland Security; in hopes of soon being able to help protect the freedoms (like speech) you all obviously enjoy. Second, there were no drugs nor alcohol in the vehicle…just an empty 12 pack box. These guys, being sportsmen, shoot guns, recreationally, a totally legitimate past-time. Incidentally, not only are there no “NRA” stickers on the aforementioned vehicle (Ducks Unlimited is a conservation group), but the desire to paint a false impression is obvious by some contributors to this page. Third, there was no showing off of guns; it appears to have been an oversight by one of the guys who was out shooting that afternoon. It seems certain people (like JM) would make a great fiction writer…but, a poor journalist…you need to check your facts before mouthing off…or at least find yourself a good lawyer before you get hit for slander.

So the guns in question were legally owned…great. Most of us support the right to responsibly bear arms. What type of ‘oversight’ involves handling a gun or guns outside of a house party either in a vehicle or on the sidewalk near one of the busiest corners of the Robinson St bar strip at 1:00 AM? Please don’t try and tell me the gun handler had not been drinking. Did the gun go off by itself in the vehicle? The Toyota SUV belonging to the alledged gun owner did in fact have NRA license plates. Are going to sue ‘Gotcha’ as well? The fact that charges were filed against the alledged gun owner is a matter of public record.

There was no one even at the victims residence. There was no house party you speak of. This man was parked out side of fan house and pulled the gun out to show the victim who was walking back to his house and did not even know the gun was real. The suspect had gone to Sydney before dropping out

“Third, there was no showing off of guns; it appears to have been an oversight by one of the guys who was out shooting that afternoon. It seems certain people (like JM) would make a great fiction writer…but, a poor journalist…you need to check your facts before mouthing off…or at least find yourself a good lawyer before you get hit for slander.”

First of all, it is absolutely absurd for you to scatter blame for what happened by writing it off as “an oversight by one of the guys…” The only person who would accept this as a reasonable statement is the kid who accidentally fired the gun… The gun wasn’t removed from the vehicle by itself at 1:00am (stupid), just as the trigger wasn’t pulled on its own (tragic) . The only “oversight” that occurred was the suspect’s own…and trust me, guns were being shown off…it’s what the kid does.

J.D., you are obviously affiliated with the suspect, as your post comes across rather desperate. I understand your frustrations, but using your words to try to mitigate the seriousness of the suspect’s lapse in judgement is uncouth – someone could have died…

As for your “slander” comment… Not only is “slander” an incorrect choice of words (libel), but there is absolutely, positively ZERO legal basis substantiating such a claim.

Looks to me like you and your gun slinging cohort are the only one’s that should be concerned about finding a good lawyer!

I really enjoy this post. My two cents though – three people on this post stand out to me the most: 1) FanMan (hypocrite: criticizes fake rednecks, yet has the need to point out he’s from a small town in SW VA like that impresses anyone / like nobody else knows what a redneck is). 2) Alex B (I hope you’re a chick, because you’re idea of a sweet social scene involves cocktails and critiquing other people’s lives). 3) Fan Bar Owner, could you not sound more like a loser? You trumped all of them with your absurd smugness. Nobody is impressed by a bar owner. Nobody.